U.S. History
Unit 4 Project: The New Republic
(Chapters 11-13)
Unit Theme = Expansion
Time Period = 1800-1860


Unit 4 Project Workspace
Period 2


Directions : This document serves many purposes.

1. Place your name in one of the available spots. We will use this list in class to determine the order of presentations.
2. Record your preliminary project topic
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3. Replace your preliminary topic with a narrowed research question/issue. Let others know precisely what you are researching
4. Replace your research question/issue with a learning objective for your presentation. What sp ecifically do you want your audience to be able to do after hearing your presentation.
5. List the type of visual aid that you will be using during your presentation.

6. I also need to know the title of your project and the type of higher level thinking you have chosen.


Student Name
Step 1: Preliminary Topic
Step 2: Research Question/Issue
Step 3: Objective(s) for the presentation
Step 4: Add trigger words for higher level thinking tasks

Type of
Visual Aid

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Topic: ?
Title: ?
Objective: ?
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?

2
Topic: ?
Title: ?
Objective: ?
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?

3 Veronika Petraskova
Title: The Architecture of Early America; New Ideas, New America
Objective: The students will be able to indetify the two cultures that inspired American Art.
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?

4 Mike DeLo
ok
Title: The Erie Canal: America's new trade route
Objective: To understand how the Erie Canal effected American trade.
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?

5 Katie Lindefjeld
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Title: The Abolition Movement: Freedom in the South
Objective: The students should be able to name 2 reasons why most southerners did not want to abolish slavery.
Trigger Word (analysis): sequence
Trigger Word (evaluation): propose

Powerpoint
6 Olivia Pandolfi
ok
Title: Women's Rights: the Road to Freedom
Objective: The students should be able to name the location of the first Women's Rights Convention in the United States.
Trigger Word (analysis): sequence
Trigger Word (evaluation): decide

7. Alyssa Battaglia
ok
Title: The Seneca Falls Convention: Women Take a Stand
Objective: The students should be able to name the three main rights dicussed at the Seneca Falls Convention.
Trigger Word (analysis): Compare/Contrast
Trigger Word (evaluation): Predict
Poster
8 Brett Davis
OK
Title: Dorothea Dix: A Voice for the Mad
Objective: The student should be able to describe the changes the prisons went through.
Trigger Word (analysis):Compare
Trigger Word (evaluation): Decide
Powerpoint
9. Bailey Beck
Title: Susan B. Anthony: Changing the Life's of Women
Objective: To have students describe how Susan B. Anthony affected the lives of women in America
Trigger Word (analysis): Examine
Trigger Word (evaluation): Imagine
Poster
10 john marshall
ok
Title: The Oregon Trail
Objective: Have my classmates be able to explain what life was like on the oregon trail
Trigger Word (analysis):
Trigger Word (evaluation):
Powerpoint
11 Austin Koch
ok
Title: Immigrants; their journey and contribution to their new world.
Objective: Why and how Irish/German people immmigrated into the new world.
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?

12 Adam Grayhack
OK
Title: The Alamo: Fight for Freedom
Objective: For the students to be able to identify the two sides in the battle
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?

13 Brigit Carrigan
ok
Title: The Mill Girls of Lowell, Massachusetts: Growing Up and Working in the Textile Mills
Objective: Students should be able to describe factory working conditions for the Lowell Mill Girls.
Trigger Word (analysis): Compare/Contrast
Trigger Word (evaluation): Decide
Poster
14 Lorenza Schwartzmiller
ok
Title: The Starts of Communication: The Morse Code
Objective: How did this invention change communication?
Trigger Word (analysis): examine
Trigger Word (evaluation): justify
poster
15 Julian Carapellotti
OK
Title: Nat Turner: The Infamous Rebellion
Objective: For the Class to be able to describe why Nat Turner rebelled, how he rebelled, and how he was caught.
Trigger Word (analysis): Examine
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?

16 Molly Nicholas
ok
Topic: The Irish Potato Famine
Title: Irish Potato Famine: Irish Come to America
Objective: The student should be able to describe what it was like for the Irish when they arrived in America.
Trigger Word (analysis): Compare
Trigger Word (evaluation): Decide
Poster
17 Katie Ford
OK
Title: The Cotton Kingdom: America's Greatest Source of Wealth
Objective: The students should be able to describe the cycle of the cotton kingdom.
Trigger Word (analysis): Diagram
Trigger Word (evaluation): Improve
poster
18 Dillon Manfred
OK
Title: The Industrial Revolution: The Steam Engine
Objective: Have the class know the three items a steam engine powered.
Trigger Word (analysis): Diagram
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?
Poster
19 Will Beggs
OK
Title: The Underground Railroad: Below the Radar
Objective: Describe what it would be like to be on the Underground Railroad.
Trigger Word (analysis): Order/Organize
Trigger Word (evaluation): Imagine
Powerpoint
20 Julian Freedman
ok
Title: The Wild Man: The Life of Daniel Boone
Objective: For the class to name the state that Daniel Boone built a town/fort
Trigger Word (analysis): Examine
Trigger Word (evaluation): Imagine
PowerPoint
21 David Graf
ok
Title: Rushing for the Gold: Lives on the Line
Objective: The student should be able to fill out a Venn Diagram Rushing for the Gold
Trigger Word (analysis): Compare
Trigger Word (evaluation): Decide
PowerPoint
22 Emma Schoonmaker
ok
Title: Sojourner Truth: Ain't She a Woman?
Objective: The student should be able to identify Sojourner Truth's main accomplishment.
Trigger Word (analysis): Outline
Trigger Word (evaluation): Evaluate

23skyler Patsko
ok
Title: ?
Objective: ?
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?

24 Jenny Lane

ok
Title: The spinning Jenny: Advances in Spinning
Objective: ?
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?

25Corey Rooney
OK
Title: Industrial Revolution: Not a Shot Fired
Objective: For the student to name one invention that helped trading,
one invention that produced energy, and one inventor
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?

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